In a whitepaper published yesterday Microsoft discussed the increasing security challenges companies are facing to protect their information technology from new threats across the multiple channels in use these days including social media, mobile, cloud services and data.

While mobile, social media, cloud services and big data are reshaping markets, business models, and the way people access information, these technology trends are also bringing security challenges and even new threats to public safety. This paper explores new technologies and the cyberthreats they pose, while also explaining how organizations can gain greater agility and boost resilience with cybersecurity measures. It outlines how Microsoft helps organizations address cybercrime and help protect valuable information in an era of constant targeted attacks and determined adversaries.

This whitepaper focuses on Microsoft’s recommended three Pillars of Security:

Detect – Security strategies focus on capturing, correlating and analyzing audit events from across the enterprise to detect anomalies that belie attacker movements. High value data and systems should profit from tools that can also detect 0-day attacks.

Respond – The ability to respond to threats with incident response teams is essential to actively counter cyberthreats and get systems working again.

Resilience – This can not be achieved against cyberthreats by one single component. It means improving basic IT hygiene to counter the opportunistic threats and make even persistent and determined adversaries work harder. In addition it requires managing risks effectively and deploying strategies against advanced adversaries.

In addition to sharing how Microsoft can help companies protect against cybercrimes they also provided the following sites for additional information and resources in those efforts.

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Richard is the Owner/Editor of WindowsObserver.com and has been involved in tech for over 30 years.
His first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then he used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and what you see here today is the result of the work he has continued on the site since 1995.
In January 2010 his community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when he was awarded the Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for Windows Desktop Experience. In January 2011 he was renewed as a Microsoft MVP but in a new category called Windows Expert - Consumer. In early 2016 he was moved into a new award category - Windows and Devices for IT and was also designated as a Windows Insider MVP as of 01 July 2016.
In January 2015 he began contributing to the SuperSite for Windows, Windows IT Pro and Developer Pro sites for Penton technology.